Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black outline starburst tattoo reading BAZINGA in bold lettering, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.
BAZINGA starburst tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading trust on the inner wrist of a palm-up hand.
Trust script on the inner wrist
Handwritten black script reading "with you, I am home" on a cream background, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
With you, I am home lettering design
Four panels show black lettering tattoos in script and ornate scrollwork: Spanish text on a wrist, a shoulder blade and a finger, plus a line on the lower back.
Spanish script tattoos on wrist, back and finger
Close-up of a hand making a peace sign, with black script lettering reading 'ello sweetie tattooed across the middle finger.
'Ello sweetie script on a finger
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the ribs, one reading there is no better friend than a sister and the other reading and there is no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading I am because you were along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the words life and love and a shaded feather on the forearm.
Infinity feather with life and love script
Fine line black outline of a world map on the inner forearm, with the word wanderlust in script beneath it, set against a paper map.
World map outline with script on a forearm
Two forearms with matching pastel scissor tattoos tied with bows, one forearm also bearing the script words Beauty is madness.
Matching scissors and bow forearm tattoos
Close-up of a tattoo on skin showing a purple awareness ribbon beside black script reading With pain comes Strength.
Purple awareness ribbon with script quote
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo running along a woman's raised forearm, with a white dress printed with cartoon figures behind it.
Script lettering tattoo on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos on a forearm: a heart padlock with a bow and the words One Love in script, and a key with a ribbon and the words One Heart in script.
Heart padlock and key with script lettering
Close-up of black monoline script lettering on the inner forearm, with two stacked words, one appearing upside down, and a small dot beside each word.
Stacked script lettering on a forearm
White ink fine line script reading Misneach Siorai above three shamrocks on a forearm.
White ink shamrocks and script on forearm
Black and white photo of two heels with the word send on the left and me on the right, both in black script lettering.
Send and me lettering on both heels
Pencil sketch flash design of a Mad Hatter top hat with a pocket watch, roses, cake and the words We're all mad here, in a neo-traditional style.
We're all mad here Mad Hatter design
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of capital letters and numerals on the back of a hand, resting on an open Bible.
Small letter block tattoo on the back of a hand
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a pink knit sleeve and patterned bracelets.
Fine line script on a forearm
Three tattoos in one collage: a colour Jigglypuff in a heart on the wrist, a green BMO from Adventure Time with a small pineapple on the forearm, and black handwritten text reading Lots of Love Mummy
Cartoon tattoos and handwritten note on arms
Black fine-line script tattoo reading love yourself running diagonally along the inside of a forearm, in a bathroom setting.
Love yourself script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'through every dark night, there is a brighter day' in script across the side ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading give faith a fighting chance, placed on a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black line drawing design of a script quote reading I think i'll miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky, with silhouetted birds, shown on a white background.
Script quote with flying birds
Black and grey fine line script reading Family with a small anchor beneath it, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Family script and anchor on wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family in cursive script, tattooed on a shoulder.
Infinity symbol with family script on shoulder
Black and grey fine line dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds and the word wish in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dandelion and wish on a wrist
Two bare feet with matching black script tattoos reading Her Daughter and Her Mother, on the side and sole of each foot.
Matching 'Her Daughter' and 'Her Mother' script on feet
Two small black script tattoos reading My First and My Last sit on the shoulders of two people, one with wavy blonde hair.
Script words on two shoulders
Circular flash design of two clasped hands and two small hearts inside a red and cream ring of lettering, on a dark navy background.
Clasped hands in a circular lettering ring
Fine line lettering design reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the I, on a plain white background.
WARR;OR lettering design
Metallic gold temporary tattoo reading team bride in script lettering with a diamond icon, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Team Bride script with diamond on a forearm
Black calligraphic lettering arranged in the shape of a cross on a cream parchment background, with the words The Way at its centre, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Calligraphic cross lettering design
Before and after pair of a wrist tattoo showing a baseball in grass with the handwritten words I love you DAD, first in black linework and then in colour.
Baseball in grass with I love you DAD script
Black ink tattoo of the words go the distance in script above a circle with scroll swirls and a lightning bolt, on a forearm.
Go the distance script and lightning bolt on forearm
Black and white photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading cheers to the miles it took to get here, placed on a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman in a floral dress, showing the words 'you are beautiful, you are valuable, you are enough' with small flying birds.
Quote and small birds on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading sometimes you have to fall before you fly, running across the outer thigh below denim cut-off shorts.
Script quote along a thigh
Fine line script tattoo spelling the word Wanderlust in black ink across the inner forearm.
Cursive wanderlust word on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Where words fail, music speaks across the upper back of a person, in a lettering style.
Where words fail, music speaks script across the back
Shaded black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a crown, two roses and a purple ribbon, with the words Strength and Perseverance beneath.
Crown, roses and ribbon on upper arm
Black and grey script tattoo on a forearm, beside a tabby cat and a white mug reading Proceed as if success is inevitable.
Script tattoo on forearm with cat and mug
Black blackletter tattoo spelling the word librarian across the knuckles and fingers of two clenched hands.
Librarian knuckle lettering
Two hands with black script initial tattoos on the fingers, each finger wrapped in a green striped band, shown in a lettering style on the hand.
Script initial finger bands on two hands
Close photo of a small black fine line infinity tattoo with script initials A and R and a red heart between them, on skin.
Infinity symbol with initials and heart
Two feet with matching fine line infinity symbol tattoos on the ankles, each with heart shaped loops, one with the word best and one with the word friends.
Matching infinity and heart ankle tattoos
Black script lettering reading Walk by Faith with a small cross, tattooed on the side of a foot near the arch.
Walk by Faith script on the foot
Fine line black script lettering with two small swallows in flight on the forearm.
Script lettering and two swallows on forearm

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